Over the break, we got to see Shannon and Jessica Nielsen a few times. Shannon was Aaron’s roommate in college, and Jess was Jen’s. They are now married and living in Dallas while Shannon attends Dallas Theological Seminary . They were home in Michigan for a couple weeks.

We’re now 19 weeks into the pregnancy, and I (Aaron) was able to feel the baby for the first time. There are usually a couple times during the day when Jen starts to feel really strong kicks from the baby…

It didn’t look like it was going to happen, but God came through and gave us a beautiful white Christmas in Mt. Pleasant. Jen and I went out for a nice drive together on Christmas Eve and enjoyed the falling snow. Then we woke up on Christmas to a beautiful snowy morning. Read on for a few pictures and a virtual-tour of our snow-covered street.

Seventeen weeks into the pregnancy, Jen has started feeling our baby move inside her quite a bit. There have been a lot of great things about being pregnant so far, but this is definitely one of the coolest yet.